From: Arun Persaud Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:48:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Move user guide to its own directory X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ea8bb1e149a0f12ceb757223a1a6fc1885157491;p=xboard.git Move user guide to its own directory --- diff --git a/whats_new/UserGuide.html b/user_guide/UserGuide.html similarity index 97% rename from whats_new/UserGuide.html rename to user_guide/UserGuide.html index 2efdfa4..df1ec23 100644 --- a/whats_new/UserGuide.html +++ b/user_guide/UserGuide.html @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ is used to step through the currently loaded game, move by move, or directly to This can also be done through the menu (very clumsy!) or with the arrow keys on the keyboard (probably preferable).

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The principal element of the main window is the chess board. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ this will be a black Pawn unless you kept the Shift key pressed, (or use button in which case it starts with a white Pawn.

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The clocks are mainly meant as output fields, but in some situations they also accept mouse clicks. @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ They can be taken as a signal you want to claim the game because the opponent ha When you keep the Shift key pressed during the click, you can adjust the clocks by adding (right-click) or subtracting (left-click) a minute. In situations where this could be meaningful, clicking the clock of the side that does not have the move will transfer the turn to him. (Such turn passing is obviously illegal in chess, so you cannot do that while playing a game, -but in analysis or for setting up a position, it ican be useful and is allowed.) +but in analysis or for setting up a position, it can be useful and is allowed.) When setting up a position, clicking the clock of the side that already has the move will clear the board.

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ and an exclamation point there will warn you there were dots hiding behind it.

The Comment window displays comments and variations from the PGN file belonging to the current move, and will automatically update when you step through the game. -Left clicks in the Comment window are reserved for the normal editing functions (selecting, drag-drop edition). +Left clicks in the Comment window are reserved for the normal editing functions (selecting, drag-drop editing). The right button can be used to click on a PGN variation (a sequence of alternative moves enclosed in parentheses) on the current move. In this case XBoard will 'upgrade' this variation to become the main line of the curent game @@ -194,15 +194,15 @@ You can then step through the variation to make it visible on the board.

Engine output

As its name suggests, the engine-output window is only useful when an engine is involved. -(This an be can engine you connect to through an Internet Chess Server, however.) -Engines print how they think the game would continue if poth sides play the moves the engine considers best, +(This can be an engine you connect to through an Internet Chess Server, however.) +Engines print how they think the game would continue if both sides play the moves the engine considers best, the so called 'Principal Variation', at ever increasing search depth. These PV lines are diplayed in the engine-output window, preceded by the search depth at which they were found, and the score assigned to them, (plus the less interesting time and number of positions searched).

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Left clicks in the Engine Output window are reserved for the normal editing functions, @@ -240,12 +240,12 @@ Right-clicking on a move (in WinBoard: left-double-clicking) will navigate you t

  • Scores in Move List (General Options) enables inclusion of engine score/depth
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    Evaluation graph

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    The evaluation graph displays how the engine score evolved over the game, @@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ or editing a game with comments in order to save it.)

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    @@ -427,12 +427,12 @@ clicking the promotion square will always give you queen. A command-line options -alwaysPromoteToQueen can force this anyway, in stead of the popup.

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    Save Options

    @@ -471,11 +471,11 @@ For this to work, the engines must report the scores in the conventional way Two options allow you to flip the black score of non-compliant engines.

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    Common engine options

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    Board options

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    ICS Text Menu

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    There is one dialog that is special, because the user can decide what is in it! @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ If they start with "$add", they will be appended to text already in the ICS Inpu

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    @@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ Get Move List is important for not missing the initial part of games you start o but can be very disruptive if you observe more games at the same time.

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    The option Auto-Comment causes all text messages you receive from your opponent during game play @@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ see the page on XBoards built-in tournament manager.

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    Game-list options

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